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Year (Jahr): 2024
Release Date (Veröffentlichungsdatum): 2024-09-13
Duration (Spieldauer): 101 min
Director (Regie): Anand Tucker
Actors (Schauspieler): Ian McKellen, Alfred Enoch, Matthew Cottle
Writers (Drehbuch): Patrick Marber, Anthony Quinn
Title (Originaltitel): The Critic
Country (Land): United Kingdom
Original language (Original-Sprache): English

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IMDB: 6.0 | Rotten Tomatoes: 51% | Metascore: 54% | TMDB: 5.8
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London, 1934. Jimmy Erskine reviews the theater like it’s a sport and treats his own life like the afterparty never ends. Then his job starts to wobble, and suddenly his usually smug routine turns into something darker. He doesn’t “learn a lesson.” He sharpens the knife.

THE CRITIC is a thriller built from dirty deals: intrigue, blackmail, and the kind of escalation that goes from bad choices to “wait, that actually happened.” Murder shows up when you least expect it, which is exactly the point. Jimmy makes the mess, then tries to manage the fallout like it’s opening night.

Ian McKellen is the real hook here, perfectly cast as a charming anti-hero who keeps smiling while the trap closes. It’s not trying to be a history lesson. It’s a properly nasty, witty time-sink.
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London, 1934. Jimmy Erskine ist Theaterkritiker, aber vor allem Profi darin, sich aus allem rauszuschreiben. Als sein Job und sein ausschweifender Lebensstil plötzlich auf dem Spiel stehen, wird aus seinem Feuilleton ein richtig gefährliches Hobby: Er fädelt Intrigen ein, eskaliert, und irgendwann steckt das Ganze nicht mehr nur in der Zeitung. Mord? Klar. Erpressung? Auch. Und das Schlimmste ist: Jimmy genießt das Chaos, bis es ihn endlich einholt.

Ian McKellen macht daraus einen Antihelden, der nicht geläutert werden will. Die Stimmung ist dunkel-gewürzt, die Figuren sind zu clever für ihr eigenes Wohl, und ja, das Ganze kippt Richtung „zu viel Theater für eine Wahrheit“. Trotzdem macht THE CRITIC Spaß, weil er konsequent auf Spannung setzt, nicht auf Moral.

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00:00I'm the chief drama critic of the Daily Chronicle.
00:06Jimmy Erskine's never liked me.
00:08Hold your breath for here is theatrical sewage.
00:11It's a disaster. You should talk to him.
00:14Over the last ten years, you've compared me to livestock, creatures of the sea, and an extinct bird.
00:20It's going to stop.
00:21Oh, are you retiring?
00:23Tone it down. More beauty, less beast.
00:27We can restore the Chronicle to its rightful place as the most read family newspaper in the country.
00:33Watch your backs.
00:34He won't come after the old guard.
00:37Beyond the paper!
00:41Anyone who threatens the reputation of this newspaper is an undesirable.
00:45You must practice your perversion behind closed doors.
00:48You're a cheeky old queer, ain't you?
00:49May I return the compliment?
00:55Mr. Erskine, are you a homosexual?
01:01One month's notice.
01:02What did you expect?
01:06You must have something on him.
01:09The man's a saint.
01:11All men have secrets. I'll find his.
01:14From your secret admirer.
01:18Look, he's crying.
01:20Viscount Brook.
01:22Powerful, rich.
01:24But, catastrophically married.
01:28I have something delicate to discuss.
01:33Do me a little service.
01:36I want you to please him.
01:39And in return, you will gain my unyielding favour.
01:43All that's required to make you a star.
01:51Don't let me down.
01:53Or what?
02:00You're so naughty.
02:02You're a maniac with a death wish.
02:04I'm the critic.
02:05I have power and influence.
02:12I want to ask you to live with yourself.
02:14Please.
02:15This isn't the beginning.
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